Washington Coast and Puget Sound Lighthouses
Six Lighthouse panels are printed from original paintings by Richard T. Lee.
Each panel has an 8 ½" x 9 ½" image printed on an 11" square. Printed on 200 thread count high quality 100% cotton...washable and colorfast.
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Admiralty Head Lighthouse
Coupeville, Washington
Admiralty Lighthouse is located in Coupeville Washington, on Whidby Island. Built in 1861 and rebuilt in 1902, it is the last brick built lighthouse designed by German architect Carl Leick. It's light was turned off in 1922.
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Alki Point Lighthouse
Seattle, Washington
Alki Point Lighthouse is located on the Alki Peninsula overlooking Elliot Bay. Alki, in the Chinook language, means "All In Good Time". It was built in 1913 to replace a private navigational aid, essentially a lantern on a post, and is still in use today.
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Mukilteo Lighthouse
Mukilteo, Washington
Located on Elliot Point, the Mukilteo Lighthouse was built in 1905 and went into service in 1906. It is a wood structure, unlike most which are of stone, brick or concrete. The original oil lantern was replaced in 1927 when electricity was brought to the lighthouse. The light is still used as a fully automated navigational aid.
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Point Wilson Lighthouse
Port Townsend, Washington
The Point Wilson Lighthouse was built in 1914 to replace an aging wooden tower that was built above a keeper's house. The lighthouse is still used with an automated fourth-order Fresnel lens.
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Point Robinson Lighthouse
Maury Island, Washington
Maury Island, located in the Puget Sound, is located halfway between Tacoma and Seattle. The current lighthouse was built in 1915, and is identical in design to the Alki Point Lighthouse. It's light was automated in 1978 and is still in use today.
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West Point Lighthouse
Seattle, Washington
This lighthouse is located on Seattle's West Point, at the north end of Elliot Bay, in the Puget Sound. It opened in 1881 and was illuminated with a kerosene lamp until 1926 when it was electrified. It was automated in 1985. The West Point Lighthouse is now part of Discovery Park, Seattle's largest city park.
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Grays Harbor Lighthouse
Westport, Washington
C.W. Leick designed Grays Harbor Lighthouse. Standing 107 feet tall, it is the tallest lighthouse in Washington, and the third tallest on the West Coast. The base of the lighthouse rests on a 12 foot-thick foundation of sandstone. 135 metal stairs bolted to the wall lead to the lantern room. The Fresnel lens assembly originally floated in a trough containing twenty gallons of mercury. This setup provided near frictionless movement and allowed the lens to be rotated by a weight that hung inside the tower.
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North Head Lighthouse
Ilwaco, Washington
The North Head Lighthouse is located just North of the Cape Disappointment lighthouse and was constructed to address the concerns of ship Captains that were approaching from the North, and the many shipwrecks along the Long Beach peninsula. Construction began in 1896 and the light was finally lit in 1898. Because the two lighthouses are so close to each other they both have a different light. While the North Head has a steady white light, Cape Disappointment has an alternating red and white flash.
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Cape Disappointment Lighthouse
Ilwaco, Washington
Called Cape Disappointment by Captain John Mears on July 6, 1788 because of his inability to find safe haven from a storm, this cape and it's lighthouse mark the end of the Columbia River. Due to be constructed in 1853, the ship that was delivering the building materials wrecked below the cape. All of the material was lost. Two years later the lighthouse construction was finally started. It's light still watches over the mouth of the river the same as it did when it was first lit in 1856.
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